Combined range, &amp;c., and heating apparatus.



No. 813,950. PATBNTBD FEB. 27, 1906. W. H. GONOVBR. COMBINED RANGE, 650., AND HEATING APPARATUS.

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No. 813,950. PATENTED FEB. 2'7, 1986.

W. H. GONOVER.

COMBINED RANGE, 6m, AND HEATING APPARATUS.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1902- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 wit/masses SH 01: n m 3 UNITED s'rnfrns PriTENT OFFICE.-

WARREN H. CONOVER, OF FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JAMES PARKER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

COMBlNED RANGE, 81.0., AND HEATING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed May 17,1902. Serial No. 107,830.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, WARREN H. CoNovER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freehold, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Range, Stove, Furnace, &c., and Heating Apparatus; and 1 do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hot-water heating systems.

It is thezobject of my invention to provide means wherein the water may be thoroughly heated without interfering with the circulation of the water through the heating system.

Another object of my invention is to provide a water-heating apparatus which may be associated with ranges and cookingstoves to thereby utilize such stoves for heating houses and apartments.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of In T invention.

It will of course e understood that the ap paratus illustrated in the drawings may be changed in many ways without departing from my invention, and, furthermore, that the invention may be embodied in various different forms.

The views in said drawings are as follows: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a range provi ed with my hot-water heating apparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line as as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view on the line y y ofFi .2. Fl 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line z z 0 Fig. 2.

The range or stove 1 is provided with a firebox 2, having a grate 3. An upper compartment 4 and a lower compartment 5 are arranged at the rear of the fire-box. The return-pipe 5 of a hot-water heating system is connected to the lower rear compartment 5 An upper compartment 6 and a lower compartment '7 form one side wall of the firebox, and an upper compartment 6* and a lower compartment '7 form the other side wall thereof. The lower side compartments 7 and '2' communicate with the lower cornpartment 5 by means of the short pipes 5 and the upper side compartments 6 and 6 communicate with the upper compartment 4 by means of the short pipes 4. The side compartments 6 and 7 communicate with each other at the forward ends thereof by a passage 8, and the side compartments 6 and 7 also communicate with each other, at the forward ends thereof, by a passe. e 8*.

A heating-chamber 9 is prefera ly mounted upon the stove, and it communicates at its bottom with the fire-box and at its top with the chimney. Within this heatingchamber is arranged a series of water-heating compartments 10, arranged one above the other. Each compartment is arranged upon the opposite side of the heating-charm her from its adjacent compartments, so as to provide a sinuous or tortuous passage 11 through the heating-chamber 9. Each compartment is connected with its adjacent compartments by a single pipe or similar means 12, and the pipes connecting the several compartments are arranged substantially in alinement. A straight and single passage is thus provided through the heating-cl1amber.

The lower water-heating compartment 10 is connected to the upper rear compartment 4, and the upper water-heating compartment 10 is connected to the delivery-pipe 13 of the hot-water heating system. Upon one side of the heating-chamber 9 is arran ed a flue 14, which communicates with the firebox at the bottom and with the chimney at its top. The line 14 may be provided with a sliding damper adapted to close the same. A damer i5 may be provided to close the passage between the chimney and either the heating chamber 9 or the flue 14.

lhe front of the heating-chamber 9 is preferaloly provided with doors 16, through which access may be had to the water-heating compartments 10.

A boiler 17, to which hot water is furnished by means of a water-heating receptacle 18, ma be provided to supply hot water for genera purposes. The receptacle 18 may be arranged at the front of the fire box, so as to he heated by the fire, and it is connected to the boiler in the usual manner.

The cooled water returning from the heat ing svstem through the return-pipe 5 enters the lower rear compartment 5 and passes through the lower side compartments 7 and 7, passages 8 and 8, upper side compartments 6 and 6", upper rear compartment 4, pipes 12, and water-heating compartments 10 to the delivery-pipe of the water-heating system. The hot air from the fire-box passes through the heating-chamber 9, and as it passes therethrough it passes under and over the water-heating compartments 10 and thoroughly heats the same. Inasmuch as the hot air is somewhat retarded in its progress through the heating-chamber, it remains within said chamber until the hot-water heating compartments 10 absorb considerable heat therefrom.

When the system is ino I eration, a continuous current of water wil flow through. the passage extending through the water-heating compartments 10 and the ipes 12. The cool water in this current wi l pass into the water-heating com artments to be reheated and hot water wil enter the current from said compartments. As the passage extending through the com artments 10 and the pipes 12 is substantia ly straight, the movement of the current therethrough will not be retarded, and therefore the circulation of the hot air throughout the heating system will not be impeded in the heatin apparatus. Inasmuch as merely a sing e passage extends through the heating-compartments 10 and pipes 12, counter-currents whichwould interfere with the movement of the main current will be avoided.

It will of course be understood that the apparatus which is shown in the drawings and described herein may be changed in many ways and still be within the purview of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a water-heating appliance for hot water heating systems, in combination, a heating-chamber, a plurality of water-heating compartments arran ed one above the other within said heating-c amber, each compartment being arranged on the o posite side of said heating-chamber from t e adjacent compartment to provide a sinuous passage through said chamber between said compartments, and a single pipe connecting each compartment with the adjacent compartment, the pipes connectin the several compartments being arrange substantially in alinement, whereby a straight and single passage is provided through said heating-compartments.

2. In a water-heating appliance for hotwater heating systems, in combination, a firebox, a heating-chamber communicating with said fire-box, a water-heating device having a plurality of water-heating compartments arranged one above the other wlthin said heating-chamber, each compartment being arranged on the opposite side of said heatingchambcr from the adjacent compartment to provide a sinuous passage through said heatlug-chamber between said compartments, a return-pipe of a hot-water heating system communicating with the bottom compartment, a delivery-pipe of a hot-water heating system communicating with the upper compartment, and a single pipe connecting each compartment with the adjacent compartment, the pipes connecting the several compartments being arranged substantially in alinement, whereby a straight and single passage is rovided through said compartments.

3. The combination with a stove, of a water-heating chamber arranged at the rear of said stove and communicating with the firebox thereof, said heating-chamber being in communication with the chimney of the stove, a plurality of water-heating compartments arranged one above the other within said chamber, each compartment being arranged on the opposite side of said chamber from the adjacent compartment to provide a sinuous passage through said chamber between said compartments, a single pipe connecting each compartment to the adjacent compartment, the pipes connecting the several compartments being arranged substantiall in alinement, whereby a strai ht and sing e passage is provided through said heat ing-compartments, a return-pipe communieating with the bottom compartment, and a delivery-pipe communicating with the upper compartment.

4. The combination with a stove, of a water-receptacle arranged around the fire-box thereof, a return-pipe connected to said receptacle, a heating-chamber arranged at the rear of said stove and communicating with said fire-box and also the chimney of the stove, a plurality of water-heating compartments arranged one above the other within said heating-chamber, each com artment bein arranged on the opposite si e of said heating-chamber from the adjacent compartment to provide a sinuous passage through said chamber between said compartments, 8. single ipe connecting each compartment to the a jacent com artment, the pipes connectin the severe compartments being arrange substantially in alinement, whereby a straight and single passage is provided through said heating compartments, and a delivery-pipe connected to the upper compartment, the lower compartment being connected to said receptacle.

5. The combination of a range, stove, furnace, &c., and a water-heating apparatus consisting of a chamber having a lower section provided with an inlet and an upper section provided with an outlet, said sections communicating with each other at the end opposite the outlet and inlet and communicating with corresponding up er and lower sections ofa second heating-c amber at the opposite side of the fire-box, to rovide a tor tuous passage therethrough, su stantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a range, stove,

furnace, &c., of a Water-heating apparatus having, at opposite sides of the fire-box of said stove, &c., lateral subdivided chambers, each of the thus formed upper and lower compartments of said chambers communicating at one end with each other, and a second compartment or subdivided chamber arranged at the back of said fire-box with its compartments communicating with the upper and lower compartments of said lateral chambers, at the opposite ends of the last named, and having an outlet and an inlet assage, respectively, substantially as set orth.

7. The combination of a stove, range, furnace, &c., a water heating apparatus havin opposite chambers provided with upper an lower sections communicating with each other at one end and opening at their opposite ends into common corresponding upper and lower chambers or com artments, separated one from the other, said lower chamber having a delivery-openin and said upper chamber communicating with a boiler, comprising a series of sections or com artments connected by means which form a ining passages therethrough, arranged within said heating-chambers, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I aflix mv si nature in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN H. GONOVER. Witnesses:

ADELINE T. LAWRENCE, MARGARET Thus. 

